Are flying wildlife attracted to (or do they avoid) wind turbines?

Ronald Larkin

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Abstract

A DOE-sponsored research project found strong evidence that flying wildlife avoid or are attracted to commercial-scale wind turbines from a distance. Some nocturnally migrating birds avoid flying near turbines and few or none change flight paths to approach them. High-flying bats less often avoid flying near turbines and some are attracted to them from a distance, although bats’ flight paths were often complex and convoluted. The findings are being prepared for submission to a peer-reviewed scientific journal (Larkin, in prep 2013).
Original languageEnglish (US)
PublisherUniversity of Illinois Urbana-Champaign
DOIs
StatePublished - 2010

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